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Alatáriël Lossëhelin · 02-23-2003, 09:55 PM

I just found this thread. It's so nice to find other vintage Tolkein fans. A friend first loaned me a copy of The Hobbit in 1966. I was 15. I stayed up all that night reading it. I was able to borrow The Fellowship (from the same friend) right away but then had to wait several weeks each for the other two books. There was one set of books that were making the rounds within a small group of friends. Unfortunately, the others ahead of me were much slower about finishing. I later purchased my own copies. I still have my original (totally battered) Ballentine copy of The Hobbit, the
psychedelic paperbacks of LotR that someone scanned earlier, as well as a couple of other paperback & hardback sets. My most prized copy is a first edition collectors edition of LotR that I bought years ago.
I've tried several times in years past to read the Silmarillion, but found myself unable to keep track of who was related to who and lived where. I've been re-reading it again recently, and discovered that if I make up charts & lists I don't get quite as lost.
I look forward to spending time with all you fellow "geezers"!

02-23-2003, 09:55 PM	#35
Alatáriël Lossëhelin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Road to Rivendell: 2491 miles from Hobbiton, with Frodo and Sam, homeward bound Posts: 365	I just found this thread. It's so nice to find other vintage Tolkein fans. A friend first loaned me a copy of The Hobbit in 1966. I was 15. I stayed up all that night reading it. I was able to borrow The Fellowship (from the same friend) right away but then had to wait several weeks each for the other two books. There was one set of books that were making the rounds within a small group of friends. Unfortunately, the others ahead of me were much slower about finishing. I later purchased my own copies. I still have my original (totally battered) Ballentine copy of The Hobbit, the psychedelic paperbacks of LotR that someone scanned earlier, as well as a couple of other paperback & hardback sets. My most prized copy is a first edition collectors edition of LotR that I bought years ago. I've tried several times in years past to read the Silmarillion, but found myself unable to keep track of who was related to who and lived where. I've been re-reading it again recently, and discovered that if I make up charts & lists I don't get quite as lost. I look forward to spending time with all you fellow "geezers"! __________________ "It's impossible to have Frodo without Sam, or Sam without Frodo. They're like two halves of one heart..." "If your hurts grieve you still and the memory of your burden is heavy, then you may pass into the West..."